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April 27, 2009

Another 3 1/2 star restaurant seems to be closed

Cynthia%27sPromotion.jpgVery sad news. I think Cynthia's (3 1/2 stars for the food) is closed. The last night of service was Saturday.

A reader on Cynthia's e-mail list forwarded the last one he got from the Severna Park restaurant, which said in part:

After much thought, discussion, and sleepless nights, we have made the decision to close Cynthia’s.  The poor state of the economy, amongst other considerations, definitely did its share to make the past 10 months or so an enormous financial struggle and being a relatively new business still (less than three years old) made the environment even more challenging to withstand.  With the summer months ahead – our slowest months of operation during the year – it is difficult for us to rationally believe that we can continue to tread water. ...

Though we have been miserable in coming to this decision and will undoubtedly mourn the closing of the restaurant for some time to come, we want to acknowledge how enjoyable it was to have you as customers and friends.  It has been clear to us that you took an interest in not only the food we served, but in us as individuals separate from the restaurant itself.

I won't know definitively until I talk to someone there, but I sent an e-mail to the Web site earlier today (no response) and called just now. The restaurant is normally open on Monday nights for dinner, but the phone wasn't answered and I got no voice mail.

If I'm wrong, please let me know. 

(Algerina Perna/Sun photographer)

Posted by Elizabeth Large at 6:15 PM | | Comments (5)
        

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Oh, no. How sad to lose such an excellent restaurant and such dedicated and caring owners. I'm happy I ate there as often as I did, but it should have been jam-packed with people enjoying really delicious and imaginative food. Some of my faves were the crispy shrimp appetizer, the watercress and endive salad, ALL of the desserts, but especially the chocolate souffle...mmm...No one else can even come close to the fabulousness of Cynthia's desserts...

Huh. I'm on their mailing list and I haven't yet received this email. I hope it is not true. This us my close-by, go-to place to go. It will be SORELY missed.

If you find out any more please let us know. EL

Yes, sad YumPo. And wasn't the post on Cynthia's your coming out party too?

Good memory, B>(. Yes, it was. I thought I insulted Cynthia in my very first post.

I'm also on the emailing list and I haven't received anything either, so I hope it's just a rumor.

This is so SAD. My sincere condolences to the owners. The quality of the food was unparalled. The halibut we had there was...OK...this is trite...the best I have ever tasted. This was definitely a 5-star restaurant...nothing but the highest, highest quality. I wish the owners the best of luck.

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Richard Gorelick was appointed The Baltimore Sun's restaurant critic in September 2010. Before joining the paper staff fulltime, he contributed freelance criticism and features articles about food to area and regional publications. Along the way, he dispatched for short-distance trucking companies, shilled for cultural non-profits, and assisted in cognitive neurology research – never the subject, always the control.

He takes restaurants seriously but not himself, and his favorite restaurant is the one you love, too.
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